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Religious Persecution Collection

Background imageReligious Persecution Collection: Colonial family banished from Puritan Massachusetts, 1600s

Colonial family banished from Puritan Massachusetts, 1600s
Punishing heretics by exiling them from Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReligious Persecution Collection: Witchcraft book by Cotton Mather, 1689

Witchcraft book by Cotton Mather, 1689
Cotton Mather, " Memorable Providences Relating to Witchcrafts, " title page, 1689. Halftone reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageReligious Persecution Collection: Testimony at the Salem witchcraft trials, 1690s

Testimony at the Salem witchcraft trials, 1690s
Trial of a suspected witch at Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1692. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReligious Persecution Collection: Praying over a suspected witch in Salem, 1690s

Praying over a suspected witch in Salem, 1690s
Reverend Cotton Mather attempting to save a soul from witchcraft by prayer, Salem, Massachusetts, 1690s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Darley illustration

Background imageReligious Persecution Collection: Rhode Island natives befriending Roger Williams, 1635

Rhode Island natives befriending Roger Williams, 1635
Roger Williams welcomed by Rhode Island Native Americans, 1635. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReligious Persecution Collection: Roger Williams escaping to Rhode Island, 1635

Roger Williams escaping to Rhode Island, 1635
Roger Williamss exile from Massachusetts Colony to Rhode Island, 1635. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReligious Persecution Collection: Inca leader Atahualpa sentenced to execution, 1533

Inca leader Atahualpa sentenced to execution, 1533
Spanish conqueror Pizarro orders the Inca ruler Atahualpa to be led instantly to execution in Peru, 1533. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReligious Persecution Collection: Trial of a Quaker in England

Trial of a Quaker in England
Quaker man on trial in an English courtroom. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReligious Persecution Collection: Suspected witch arrested by Massachusetts colonists, 1600s

Suspected witch arrested by Massachusetts colonists, 1600s
New England Puritans arresting an old woman accused of witchcraft, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Howard Pyle illustration

Background imageReligious Persecution Collection: Giles Corey accused of witchcraft in Salem

Giles Corey accused of witchcraft in Salem
Giles Corey accused by a witness at the Salem witchcraft trials, 1690s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReligious Persecution Collection: Salem witchcraft trial, 1692

Salem witchcraft trial, 1692
Witness testifying at the Salem witchcraft trials, 1690s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReligious Persecution Collection: Quaker Mary Dyer taken to be hanged in Boston, 1660

Quaker Mary Dyer taken to be hanged in Boston, 1660
Quaker Mary Dyer led to her execution in Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1660. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustratioin

Background imageReligious Persecution Collection: Roger Williams exiled to Rhode Island, 1635

Roger Williams exiled to Rhode Island, 1635
Roger Williams leaving Massachusetts Bay Colony for Rhode Island, 1635. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Darley illustration

Background imageReligious Persecution Collection: Quakers executed in Puritan Massachusetts

Quakers executed in Puritan Massachusetts
Quakers going to their execution in Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1600s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReligious Persecution Collection: Witchcraft at Salem Village title page, 1692

Witchcraft at Salem Village title page, 1692
Lamsons " Witchcraft at Salem Village" title page, 1692. Halftone reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageReligious Persecution Collection: Salem witchcraft account, 1697

Salem witchcraft account, 1697
" A Modest Enquiry into Witchcraft, " by John Hale, 1697, title page of Boston printing, 1702. Halftone reproduction with a watercolor wash

Background imageReligious Persecution Collection: St. Bartholomews Day Massacre, 1572

St. Bartholomews Day Massacre, 1572
Massacre of Huguenots by Catherine de Medicis forces on St Bartholomews Day, Paris, 1572. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageReligious Persecution Collection: St. Bartholomews Day Massacre of French Huguenots, 1572

St. Bartholomews Day Massacre of French Huguenots, 1572
Assassination of Coligny and other Huguenots on Saint Bartholomews Day, Paris, 1572. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of an illustration

Background imageReligious Persecution Collection: Wife of Giles Corey tried for witchcraft in Salem

Wife of Giles Corey tried for witchcraft in Salem
Trial of Giles Coreys wife for witchcraft, Salem, 1692. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageReligious Persecution Collection: Founding of Providence, Rhode Island, 1636

Founding of Providence, Rhode Island, 1636
Roger Williams landing at a spring where he builds Providence, Rhode Island, 1636. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration


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